Richard Stockton College Library

Students plagiarize for a variety of reasons such as: poor time management, insufficient knowledge about using and documenting resources, and lack of confidence in their writing skills. While plagiarism isn't new, the Internet has made it much easier. This page is to acquaint instructors with methods of preventing plagiarism and detecting it when it occurs.

Plagiarism Guide for Faculty

Plagiarism Prevention

Guides and Tutorials

The following links offer additional suggestions to instructors on preventing and detecting plagiarism.

Avoiding Plagiarism: A Student Guide. Library, Richard Stockton College of NJ. A tutorial on recognizing plagiarism, ways to avoid plagiarism and penalties for plagiarizing.

Creative Assignments. Library, Richard Stockton College of NJ. Brief page of advice on designing assignments that discourage plagiarism.

How to Correctly Cite Sources in a Bibliography. Library, Richard Stockton College of NJ. A full-fledged tutorial on citation but also examples for those who want quick answers on APA and MLA citation.

In the Spotlight: Internet Plagiarism Instructional Technology Resources,
Richard Stockton College Office of Computer and Telecommunication Services

Turnitin Research Resources provides suggestions for including the topic of plagiarism in lesson plans, creative assignments, class handouts on plagiarism

Plagiarism Detection

Red Flags - Warning signs that a paper may have been plagiarized

Search Engines - Use search engines to detect plagiarism. Search in more than one search engine. Google is particularly useful. Select significant words in the title or text of the paper. Put quotation marks around phrases when searching.

Become familiar with term paper mills. Here is a sample of some popular term paper sites:

Academic Term Papers
4FreeEssays.com
1sttermpaper.com

For an extensive list of term paper mills collected by the librarians at Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University, see Cheating 101: Internet Term Paper Mills.

Detection Services

Turnitin.com - Stockton subscribes to Turnitin.com, a plagiarism detection service that checks
student papers against the Internet and a database of submitted papers. Stockton faculty and teaching staff interested in using this service should contact Carolyn Gutierrez, ext. 4275.

WCopyfind - Free downloadable detection software from the Plagiarism Resource Center
(University of Virginia) for comparing one paper with another.

Glatt - Three software programs on CD ROM that cover: avoiding plagiarism, screening for
possible plagiarism, and practical exercises on rewriting. Stockton does not subscribe
but individuals or divisions can order the programs.

Suggested Readings

Langlais, Philip J. (2006) Ethics for the next generation. Chronicle of Higher Education, 52 (19) B- 11. Available: Academic Search Premier database.

Lathrop, Ann and Foss, Kathleen. (2005) Guiding Students from Cheating and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity: Strategies for Change. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.

Last revised: June 7, 2006
Questions or comments about this page should be directed to:
Carolyn Gutierrez gutierrc@stockton.edu

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